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  3. Alright, so this is a Bulky Offense team that New Breed and i built around Moltres (the original intent was to test Gurdurr but tbh when it comes to the whole team i think its clear Moltres is the real star), that also happens to use two very uncommon (but effective) RU threats in the form of Gurdurr and Shiftry to help hold the team together.
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  5. Moltres is an incredibly powerful wallbreaker in the RU tier between its massive Special Attack stat and powerful dual STABs in Fire Blast and Hurricane, and with Stealth Rock off the field it can be a true monster to face, forcing out slow Pokemon, wrecking pretty much any defensive core without things such as Slowking, and clearing the way for its teammates (usually Gurdurr or Doublade) to clean up or possibly even flat out sweeping itself, depending on the game. This offensive presence is further compounded by just how good Shiftry is as a teammate for Moltres. Not just does it Defog away Stealth Rock for Moltres to get in for free, but it forms a pretty damn potent offensive core with it at as well. Moltres really struggles with bulky Water- and Rock-types, Pokemon that Shiftry can very easily force out with the threat of a STAB Leaf Storm. Slowking is especially threatened, given its weak to Shiftry's Knock Off, and given a lot of opponents rely on Slowking to sponge Moltres's attacks, the switch can be seen from a mile away, making double switching a piece of cake. In return, Moltres smacks around the various Fighting-types and Bulky Grass-types that threaten Shiftry, Including Cobalion, some Virizion, Amoonguss, and Emboar.
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  7. When it comes to leading, Moltres often does excellently as an early game nuke. Whenever you see a team without Slowking or a Pokemon with Volt Switch (especially a slow team), leading with Moltres is almost always a good idea, and it can often force opponents to sacrifice a Pokemon within the first few turns of the game to get something in to revenge kill it. At the very least Moltres's powerful dual STABs will be heavily denting the opponent's bulkier Pokemon, softening them up for the rest of the team. Shiftry and Rhyperior can also make solid leads. Shiftry because of its excellent matchup against Pokemon that people might attempt to lead with predicting the Moltres lead (and really just Rhyperior in general), and Rhyperior just as an early game Stealth Rock tank that can take pretty much any non Grass- or Water-type move from full hp, reliably set up rocks, and retaliate in return with powerful STAB moves such as Earthquake. Against Accelgor HO Doublade limits the bug to only one layer of spikes with a combination of Iron Head and Shadow Sneak.
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  9. As for threats to this team: the team is quite durable and between the incredible bulk and decent powerful you should be able to take on p. much anything you come across as long as you play well. However there's one Pokemon that stands out and that's Eelektross. This team has major trouble OHKOing it, both of my Electric-type resistances are smacked by a coverage move, Gurdurr and Doublade hate being Knocked Off, and it can grab momentum from me with Volt Switch. The main way to get around Eel is to just try and play around its coverage, keep in mind that bar Giga Drain it lacks recovery, so you should be able to eventually wear it down! Also, Gurdurr can beat it 1v1 on the revenge but can't block Volt Switch.
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  11. Overall a really solid team that i've really liked to use, and i think it'll help a lot of people get into the metagame if they try it out =).
  12. ~Molk
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